Stanley Lebor
{{Short description|English actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Stanley Lebor
| image = Stanley_Lebor.jpg
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| birth_name = Stanley Harvey Lebor
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|9|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = East Ham, London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|11|22|1934|9|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Faversham, Kent, England
| occupation = Stage, film and television actor
}}
Stanley Harvey Lebor (24 September 1934 – 22 November 2014{{Cite web |url=http://www.equity.org.uk/documents/equity-magazine-spring-2015/equity-spring-2015.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 March 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001237/http://www.equity.org.uk/documents/equity-magazine-spring-2015/equity-spring-2015.pdf |url-status=dead }}) was an English actor.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/3dd/stanley-lebor|title=Stanley Lebor | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} He was best known for his roles as Howard Hughes in the 1980s BBC TV comedy series Ever Decreasing Circles, the Mongon Doctor in Flash Gordon (1980), and as RSM Lord in A Bridge Too Far (1977).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/stanley-lebor-p144017|title=Stanley Lebor | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}} Before this he was better known for villainous roles in series such as Jason King and The Tomorrow People.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=19746|title=Stanley Lebor|website=www.aveleyman.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8228c373|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728224239/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8228c373|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2020|title=A Rift in Time[01/04/74] (1974)|website=BFI}}
Life
Lebor was born in East Ham, London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7a136a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321160352/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f7a136a|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2017|title=Stanley Lebor|website=BFI}} He studied acting at RADA in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/stanley-lebor/|title=Stanley Lebor – RADA|website=www.rada.ac.uk}} In 1961 he joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carleton Hobbs Bursary.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/soundstart/roll.shtml Carleton Hobbs Bursary winners] at BBC.co.uk, retrieved 23 January 2018
He appeared in Minder in the Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger, The Naked Civil Servant, Ever Decreasing Circles, Tarka the Otter, Gandhi, Grange Hill, 'Allo 'Allo!, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and Last of the Summer Wine. In 1986 he acted with Lynda Baron in a party political broadcast for the SDP–Liberal Alliance.{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/552663?view=cast |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225095548/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/552663?view=cast |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 December 2012 |title=Social Democrat Party Election Broadcast: SDP/Liberal Alliance(06/05/86) |work=BFI Film and TV Database |accessdate=3 June 2012}}
Filmography
- The Deadly Affair (1966) – Lancaster (in "Edward II") (uncredited)
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) – Soldier in Gassed Trench (uncredited)
- Arthur? Arthur! (1969) – Analyst
- Crossplot (1969) – First policeman
- Up the Front (1972) – Blitzen
- Nothing But the Night (1973) – Policeman
- Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) – 1st Gestapo Agent
- I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) – Police Sergeant
- Hennessy (1975) – Hawk
- The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – Mr. Pole
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Regimental Sergeant Major
- The Medusa Touch (1978) – Police Doctor
- Tarka the Otter (1979) – Farm Labourer
- Flash Gordon (1980) – Mongon Doctor
- Gandhi (1982) – Police Officer
- Ha-Kala (1985) – Ziggy
- Personal Services (1987) – Jones
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) – General Romoff
- La Passione (1996) – Harry Lambert
- Arabian Nights (2000) – Faisal
TV credits
- Elizabeth R - Episode 1: "The Lion's Cub" - Sir Robert Tyrwhitt (1971)
- Man of Straw – Herr Cohn (1972)
- The Protectors – Medina (1972)
- The Tomorrow People – Gaius (1974)
- Star Maidens – Carlo (1976)
- 1990 – Digger Radford (1978)
- Return of the Saint - Dalby (episode: "The Nightmare Man", 1978)
- Holocaust – Zalman (1978)
- Minder – Wilson (1979)
- Shoestring – Restaurant Manager (1980)
- Hammer House of Horror – Charles (episode: "Visitor From The Grave", 1980)
- Grange Hill – Mr. Durrant (1983)
- Ever Decreasing Circles – Howard Hughes (1984-1989)
- Last of the Summer Wine – Bramwell (episode: "The Phantom No 14 Bus", 1999)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0495818|Stanley Lebor}}
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Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Newham
Category:Male actors from Essex
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